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Star Wars The Force Awakens just keeps on raking in the takings (Picture: Lucas Film/Walt Disney)

It seems there’s just no slowing the Star Wars juggernaut down after The Force Awakens overtook Titanic at the UK box office to become the fourth biggest release of all time.

According to official figures the sci-fi blockbuster has taken around £83.4m in UK cinemas, following a record breaking fortnight of business.

As if that’s not enough, it’s also become the fastest film ever to pass the £80m mark at UK cinemas, hitting the magic figure in just 13 days – and beating previous record-holder Skyfall, which took 23 days to pass £80m.

It also smashed records for the biggest ever Boxing Day gross with a mighty haul of £3.9m – and just to top things off nicely it’s taken over $600m in the US – in record time – and overall has made over £1.2bn worldwide.

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The film has also become Disney’s biggest ever release in both the US and UK – overtaking Toy Story 3, the UK’s previous Disney champion, and Marvel’s Avengers Assemble in the US.

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Not bad going, really.

The new figures follow the film’s record-breaking opening weekend in mid-December, which saw it take over £9m at the UK box office, and a staggering $238m in the US and Canada – the highest opening weekend in North American box office history.

Harrison Ford previous praised the commitment of devoted Star Wars fans, saying at the London premiere: ‘I’m glad people are interested.

‘It becomes a part of people’s lives and I really appreciate that they have such an intense, emotional interest in these films. It means a lot to me.’